SAPS host session for suppliers
The attendees were urged to register on the SAPS database, and were informed that the institute would never do business with anyone who wasn't.
MALALANE – Suppliers currently rendering services, and those who are want to also be recognised as suppliers to the SAPS, were advised on how to improve their chances of accruing business from the police.
This happened during a suppliers briefing session hosted by the SAPS at the Riverview Prep School hall on December 4.
Programme director of the event, Lt Mzwandile Nyambi, explained the importance of all the suppliers to the institution.
He said, “You are very important to us, without you guys we cannot complete our day-to-day operations. Police officers have no knowledge of fixing vehicles, changing tyres, and so many other things that a station requires for it to run.”
Nyambi continued to say that as much the SAPS needed them, they also need the SAPS, therefore the relationship should be a mutual one.
“To keep your businesses open, you rely on making money, and this is one of those ways. We are also one of your clients, so you need us to utilise your services in order for you to keep afloat,” said Nyambi.
The attendees were briefed on the required procedure to be a supplier for the SAPS, and what a quotation form from the police should look like when they do business with a specific station.
Suppliers and service providers were also advised to refrain from overcharging, because the institute has appointed individuals whose focus is to know the going rate of certain services and products.
“Overpricing decreases your chances of being given a job,” explained Nyambi.
The attendees were urged to register on the SAPS database, and were informed that the institute would never do business with anyone who wasn’t.
